Winter storage and central heating

Lambdrover replied on 14/08/2019 12:48

Posted on 14/08/2019 12:48

I am in the fortunate position of having a locked shed on my farm to store the caravan in. The shed has electricity so I am able to keep the caravan plugged in to the mains. The question is 'can i keep the central heating on in the caravan when it is in the shed?' Or is it better practice to drain down the system and keep it unplugged?

JVB66 replied on 28/10/2019 13:51

Posted on 28/10/2019 13:34 by young thomas

Alan, i thought caravanners drained their water system (hot and cold) on leaving site, even in summer, as they are apprehensive about carrying 10kg of water in the boiler or is this not the case?

 

Posted on 28/10/2019 13:51

More fake news spread by motor caravan users to make out the trail of water left on sites was not their waste discharging,wink

replied on 28/10/2019 14:08

Posted on 28/10/2019 14:08

We drop the hot water tank but don't always blow out the pipes for winter. Normally we have few nights likely to be a problem and so the Alde will not get much use but the position of the pipes in sub zero weather is such as to protect system. 

 

young thomas replied on 28/10/2019 14:13

Posted on 28/10/2019 13:51 by JVB66

More fake news spread by motor caravan users to make out the trail of water left on sites was not their waste discharging,wink

Posted on 28/10/2019 14:13

what?

i asked a perfectly sensible question re winter draining (of the engine driverwink) and you replied with some oily twaddle, as usual..

ive read many times of caravanners not wanting to carry the extra weight, especially as some boilers are at the rear and may cause 'pendulum" issues.

even caravans with fresh water tanks probably wont carry that water around with them for the above (and payload) reasons.

no one mentioned dumping grey waste (or whatever you were wittering on about) so ill await Alans response....as im interested in what he has to say, not you and your perpetually skewed agendaundecided

edit: thanks Alan, as I suspectedsmile

replied on 28/10/2019 14:24

Posted on 28/10/2019 13:51 by JVB66

More fake news spread by motor caravan users to make out the trail of water left on sites was not their waste discharging,wink

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replied on 28/10/2019 14:38

Posted on 28/10/2019 13:51 by JVB66

More fake news spread by motor caravan users to make out the trail of water left on sites was not their waste discharging,wink

Posted on 28/10/2019 14:38

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young thomas replied on 28/10/2019 14:42

Posted on 28/10/2019 14:42

thanks, David..

my point to Alan was re: his response to DD's post where he said 'he did the same', but in fact DD doesnt drain down and uses the Alde system to avoid a freezing situation.

whereas Alan does 'drop the hot water tank' and would be unlikely to have a cold water system operative either.

although Alan does set the heating to 5 deg....some warer still lying in pipework?

Like DD, i dont drain down (unless a hugely unusually long period of deep frost is forecast)...we actually had a (slight) frost last night, lovely clear skies yesterday, but all gone by breakfast time.

priming the water system every time you arrive on site is just another task i dont wish to carry out.

the weather we get here is unlikely to cause any 'water' issues....although heating set to 5 degwink (it will rarely kick in).

Tinwheeler replied on 28/10/2019 14:43

Posted on 28/10/2019 14:38 by

Yet another pathetic attempt to knock motorhomers and start an argument undecided.   

Posted on 28/10/2019 14:43

So, don’t take the bait - simple. πŸ‘πŸ»

replied on 28/10/2019 14:54

Posted on 28/10/2019 14:43 by Tinwheeler

So, don’t take the bait - simple. πŸ‘πŸ»

Posted on 28/10/2019 14:54

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